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I Chronicles Chapter 23

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In this chapter the chronicler records the death of Ahitub, a priest who had lived a long life, and his son Abijah. The people mourned deeply, and the focus is on the sorrow of loss and the passing of the priestly line. The narrative emphasizes the continuity of God’s covenant despite human tragedy.

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(1) So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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I Chronicles 29:28Genesis 25:8Genesis 35:29I Kings 1:1Job 5:26I Chronicles 28:5I Chronicles 29:22I Chronicles 29:23I Chronicles 29:24I Chronicles 29:25I Kings 1:33I Kings 1:34

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I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(2) And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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I Chronicles 13:1I Chronicles 28:1Joshua 23:2Joshua 24:1II Chronicles 34:29II Chronicles 34:30

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Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32II Chronicles 24:5I Chronicles 24:6Psalms 68:27Numbers 3:45

(3) Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
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Numbers 4:2Numbers 4:3Numbers 4:23Numbers 4:30Numbers 4:35Numbers 4:43Numbers 4:47Numbers 4:48

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Judges 10:4Judges 12:9Genesis 18:30Numbers 4:23Numbers 4:30Judges 14:12

(4) Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
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I Chronicles 23:28I Chronicles 23:29I Chronicles 23:30I Chronicles 23:31I Chronicles 23:32I Chronicles 6:48I Chronicles 9:28I Chronicles 9:29I Chronicles 9:30I Chronicles 9:31I Chronicles 9:32I Chronicles 26:20

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II Samuel 21:20I Chronicles 20:6Ezekiel 48:16Revelation 4:4II Chronicles 2:10Exodus 25:26

(5) Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
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I Chronicles 9:17I Chronicles 9:18I Chronicles 9:19I Chronicles 9:20I Chronicles 9:21I Chronicles 9:22I Chronicles 9:23I Chronicles 9:24I Chronicles 9:25I Chronicles 9:26I Chronicles 9:27I Chronicles 15:23

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1Exodus 25:12

(6) And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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II Chronicles 8:14II Chronicles 29:25II Chronicles 31:2II Chronicles 35:10Ezra 6:18I Chronicles 24:1I Chronicles 26:1I Chronicles 6:1I Chronicles 6:16Exodus 6:16Exodus 6:17Exodus 6:18

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Exodus 6:16Genesis 46:11Numbers 3:17I Chronicles 6:1I Chronicles 6:16Numbers 26:57

(7) Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
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I Chronicles 6:17I Chronicles 6:18I Chronicles 6:19I Chronicles 6:20I Chronicles 15:7I Chronicles 26:21Exodus 6:17

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I Chronicles 26:21

(8) The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
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I Chronicles 15:18I Chronicles 15:20I Chronicles 15:21I Chronicles 6:33I Chronicles 6:34I Chronicles 15:7I Chronicles 15:11I Chronicles 15:17

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I Chronicles 26:21

(9) The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
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I Chronicles 26:21

(10) And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
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Ezekiel 48:16I Kings 2:38I Kings 2:39I Kings 2:40Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13

(11) And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
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I Chronicles 23:10

(12) The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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I Chronicles 6:2Exodus 6:18Numbers 3:27Numbers 26:58

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Exodus 6:18I Chronicles 6:2I Chronicles 6:18Ezekiel 48:16Numbers 3:19Exodus 25:26

(13) The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
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I Chronicles 6:3Exodus 6:20Numbers 3:27Numbers 26:59Exodus 28:1Exodus 28:2Exodus 28:3Exodus 28:4Exodus 28:5Exodus 28:6Exodus 28:7Exodus 28:8

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Exodus 30:7II Chronicles 26:18Exodus 30:8II Kings 23:5II Chronicles 13:11II Chronicles 26:16

(14) Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
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Deuteronomy 33:1Psalms 90:1I Chronicles 26:23I Chronicles 26:24I Chronicles 26:25

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(15) The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
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Exodus 2:22Exodus 4:20Exodus 18:3Exodus 18:4

(16) Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
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I Chronicles 24:20I Chronicles 25:20I Chronicles 26:24

(17) And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
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I Chronicles 26:25

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I Chronicles 26:25I Chronicles 24:21

(18) Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
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I Chronicles 24:22I Chronicles 26:26

(19) Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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I Chronicles 23:12I Chronicles 15:9I Chronicles 24:23

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I Chronicles 24:23Revelation 8:12I Kings 18:34I Chronicles 3:15I Chronicles 26:2I Chronicles 26:4

(20) Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
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I Chronicles 24:24

(21) The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
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I Chronicles 23:6I Chronicles 6:20I Chronicles 6:30I Chronicles 24:26I Chronicles 24:27I Chronicles 24:28I Chronicles 24:29I Chronicles 24:30Exodus 6:19

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Numbers 3:20I Chronicles 6:19I Chronicles 6:47I Chronicles 24:26I Chronicles 6:29I Chronicles 23:23

(22) And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
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I Chronicles 24:28Numbers 36:6Numbers 36:7Numbers 36:8

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(23) The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
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I Chronicles 24:30

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I Chronicles 23:21I Chronicles 24:30

(24) These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
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Numbers 10:17Numbers 10:21Numbers 1:4Numbers 2:32Numbers 3:15Numbers 3:20Numbers 4:34Numbers 4:35Numbers 4:36Numbers 4:37Numbers 4:38Numbers 4:39

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(25) For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
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I Chronicles 22:18II Samuel 7:1II Samuel 7:11I Kings 8:13I Kings 8:27Psalms 9:11Psalms 68:16Psalms 68:18Psalms 132:13Psalms 132:14Psalms 135:21Isaiah 8:18

(26) And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
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Numbers 4:5Numbers 4:49Numbers 7:9

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Numbers 1:50Exodus 38:21Numbers 7:5Numbers 8:22I Chronicles 28:13I Kings 8:4

(27) For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
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I Chronicles 23:3I Chronicles 23:24II Samuel 23:1Psalms 72:20

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Numbers 3:39II Chronicles 2:10Exodus 30:14II Chronicles 25:5Nehemiah 12:39John 3:31

(28) Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
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I Chronicles 18:17Nehemiah 11:24I Chronicles 23:4I Chronicles 28:13Numbers 3:6Numbers 3:7Numbers 3:8Numbers 3:9I Kings 6:5II Chronicles 31:11Ezra 8:29Nehemiah 13:4

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Exodus 35:19Exodus 39:41Exodus 1:14Exodus 39:1Numbers 4:27Numbers 4:33

(29) Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
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I Chronicles 9:31I Chronicles 9:32Exodus 25:30Leviticus 24:5Leviticus 24:6Leviticus 24:7Leviticus 24:8Leviticus 24:9I Kings 7:48II Chronicles 13:11II Chronicles 29:18Nehemiah 10:33

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(30) And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
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I Chronicles 6:31I Chronicles 6:32I Chronicles 6:33I Chronicles 9:33I Chronicles 16:37I Chronicles 16:38I Chronicles 16:39I Chronicles 16:40I Chronicles 16:41I Chronicles 16:42I Chronicles 25:1I Chronicles 25:2

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1

(31) And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
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Leviticus 23:24Leviticus 23:39Numbers 10:10Psalms 81:1Psalms 81:2Psalms 81:3Psalms 81:4Isaiah 1:13Isaiah 1:14Leviticus 23:1Leviticus 23:2Leviticus 23:3

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Leviticus 25:8Revelation 13:18Leviticus 17:5Psalms 66:15Malachi 1:8Hebrews 8:3

(32) And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
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I Chronicles 9:27Numbers 1:53I Kings 8:4Numbers 3:6Numbers 3:7Numbers 3:8Numbers 3:9Numbers 3:38

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Numbers 3:7Numbers 3:38Numbers 8:26Numbers 18:3Numbers 3:8Numbers 3:25

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